Did he really say that?
"How the hell could this happen?" Yes, he said it.
With those words out of the mouth of the CEO of British Petroleum, Tony Hayward, all of the offshore companies involved in the operation of the Deepwater Horizon rig lost any hope of any liability defense in the civil lawsuits that are piling up against them.
Under Texas and Louisiana law, this is considered to be a statement of BP - after all, it was made by the company's CEO and thus is attributable to the company. This statement will be admissible as evidence in lawsuits involving this explosion.
But it gets worse for Transocean. Mr. Hayward went on to make statements about how the operation was all under the control of Transocean -- presumably he is saying that whatever was done wrong, was the responsibility of Transocean.
We have handled hundreds of offshore injury lawsuits. Many times, several different companies are involved in offshore operations and will share responsibility for accidents. When this happens, many times the companies start blaming each other in lawsuits.
This is already happening here -- BP is blaming Transocean for anything that went wrong. Obviously, this is not good for Transocean when its business partner in the Deepwater Horizon operation points the finger like this.
But it also is not good for BP, or for any of the other companies involved in this operation. If it is determined that more than one company shares responsibility for this disaster, then the "how the hell" statement of BP's CEO will point to them as well.
Bottom line: this statement will hover as a dark cloud over all of the companies involved in this operation, and it will be interesting to see how they try to scramble out from under its shadow.If you have questions about the Transocean explosion, please contact us Toll Free at (877) 724-7800.
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